adminFuel dealers get ultimatum on E10
Business Reporter ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has ordered all fuel retail sites to re-label and comply with the regulatory authority’s directive of selling E10. In a statement, Zera said…
Victoria Falls business sector calls on council to stick to 2013 water levy
Business Reporter THE business sector has called on the Victoria Falls Municipality to retain the 2013 water levy to make the destination competitive. The municipality has proposed a five percent…
Women farmers appeal for funding
Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Indigenous Women Farmers Association Trust (ZIWFAT) has urged the Government and banks to consider channelling favourable loans to women farmers which will enable them to start…
Bomb explodes at Joburg shopping mall
JOHANNESBURG —Two people were killed and five others injured when a bomb exploded in Bedfordview near the Eastgate shopping mall yesterday afternoon, Ekurhuleni emergency services said. Eyewitness News reported the…
Mall attackers ‘were special suicide commandos’
NAIROBI — Gunmen who massacred at least 67 people in Kenya’s Westgate mall in September were special suicide commandos, Somalia’s Shabaab insurgents said yesterday, rubbishing reports the men had tried…
Parliament sends secrecy Bill back to Zuma again
THE National Assembly has adopted the revised Protection of State Information Bill and will send it back to President Jacob Zuma for assent. Despite protest from opposition benches, the National…
DRC, M23 rebel peace talks to continue
KAMPALA — Peace efforts between Democratic Republic of Congo and defeated M23 rebels will continue, Uganda’s government said yesterday, a day after the two sides failed to sign a much…
Pro-Morsi students, police, residents clash at university
EGYPTIAN police fired tear gas yesterday at student supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi who were protesting at the university in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura, witnesses said.…
Yemen sentences nine to jail for arms smuggling
A YEMENI court handed down jail sentences of between one and 10 years each to nine Yemenis yesterday for their involvement in the smuggling of weapons aboard a ship, judicial…
Typhoon relief effort picks up in Philippines
INTERNATIONAl relief efforts to help the Philippines overcome the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan are building momentum. Foreign governments and international aid organisations have pledged tens of millions of dollars…